Life 360 in College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We didn't track our oldest ever. However, it is helpful the younger sibs can track the older. Used it mainly when oldest was out and about at college and I'd get notification of a shooting/robbery in the area (went to a Jesuit university so we got a lot of those notifications from right "on campus"). If they didn't respond to my text, I'd have younger sib check that they were safe.
Senior year there were two weekends with shootings in the main bar area/near the NBA games watch zone and I knew my kid was watching the game in that area. Many kids from their university were in the bars when shooting happened and had to "hit the ground" and wait it out. Thankfully my kid responded to my texts so I didn't need to "track".

Middle sib was not tracked---never gave us a reason to. But other sibs can track if we need a location or have reason to be concerned (incidences where they are at college)

Youngest sib was tracked in HS with "find my phone" simply because they kept forgetting to inform us when they arrived at their location (our rules for first year after license is to text when you arrive and let us know when driving elsewhere---we don't care where they were going, we trust them, we just wanted notification that they were driving and when they arrived safely). So we activated "find my phone" as a consequence for not remembering to provide us the information.

This post in one of the most pathetic in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I’m paying big bucks for college so I feel justified in tracking my penniless 18 year old girl who now lives in another city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I’m paying big bucks for college so I feel justified in tracking my penniless 18 year old girl who now lives in another city.

Cool, spend all that money so she can spend her time being annoyed by you spying on her instead of making the most of where she is, and also spending money on an extra phone to use while you track the decoy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really sick to track college age kids this way. Unbelievable. So how, I survived without my parents knowing where I was at all times. Safety BS reason. It's all about control. Time to let go. Going to confront thieves about stolen backpack? Crazy. Besides risk of getting hurt by thieves, what happens when Father hurts thieves and gets arrested.
Are you going to fill out DC timesheets at work or go to their performance reviews for support?

I agree with your point about it being about control but I also think there is a hint of narcissism in it to. These posters believe they are going to be heroes who rescue their kids “when bad things happen”. Unfortunately that won’t be true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We talk everyday and yesterday I asked DD her plans for the night. “Homework and hanging with friends” was her answer. Great. Have fun!

This morning we noticed we didn’t get the alert she had come back to her house. A quick check of Life360 showed she was at her GF’s house.

Of course she doesn’t have to check in and we know plans change. The little skip our heart made this am was settled knowing she was somewhere safe.

And before you ask, we have been to her GF’s and knew the location just by the surrounding streets we saw on the app.

For those who ask what we would think of our parents had this capability, this is truly a non-starter. Our privacy erosion began long after our parents had us: there really is no going back.

Our daughter asked to keep it in for safety. We don’t track each other but from time to time we do look on at each other especially when we are traveling and on different hemispheres.

Pathetic. You are the worst type of helicopter parent.

[Anonymous]

I think kids older than 18 should be allowed to block it. And that should be normal. Kids can opt in if they’re out hiking or going out and feel unsafe or something they can toggle on but 99% of the time it’s off I know, people we’ll say, “but my kids are fine w it - they track me!” But this is a power imbalance and you know it. You’re unlikely to have a one night stand etc. you’re staying out past 2am twice a year. And your kids have no power over you.

Cops can track any phone if your kid is lost. Any phone that’s turned on and has bars can be tracked.

I wouldn’t let my boss track me. I wouldn’t have liked my parents tracking me (x1000000). It’s super weird we’ve normalized this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We talk everyday and yesterday I asked DD her plans for the night. “Homework and hanging with friends” was her answer. Great. Have fun!

This morning we noticed we didn’t get the alert she had come back to her house. A quick check of Life360 showed she was at her GF’s house.

Of course she doesn’t have to check in and we know plans change. The little skip our heart made this am was settled knowing she was somewhere safe.

And before you ask, we have been to her GF’s and knew the location just by the surrounding streets we saw on the app.

For those who ask what we would think of our parents had this capability, this is truly a non-starter. Our privacy erosion began long after our parents had us: there really is no going back.

Our daughter asked to keep it in for safety. We don’t track each other but from time to time we do look on at each other especially when we are traveling and on different hemispheres.

Wow. You have an alert set?

I love how you justify this pathetic act with our govt not protecting our privacy. Do you hear yourself?

[Anonymous]

We share locations on long drives alone...otherwise they are free to live their lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think kids older than 18 should be allowed to block it. And that should be normal. Kids can opt in if they’re out hiking or going out and feel unsafe or something they can toggle on but 99% of the time it’s off I know, people we’ll say, “but my kids are fine w it - they track me!” But this is a power imbalance and you know it. You’re unlikely to have a one night stand etc. you’re staying out past 2am twice a year. And your kids have no power over you.

Cops can track any phone if your kid is lost. Any phone that’s turned on and has bars can be tracked.

I wouldn’t let my boss track me. I wouldn’t have liked my parents tracking me (x1000000). It’s super weird we’ve normalized this.

+ 100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We talk everyday and yesterday I asked DD her plans for the night. “Homework and hanging with friends” was her answer. Great. Have fun!

This morning we noticed we didn’t get the alert she had come back to her house. A quick check of Life360 showed she was at her GF’s house.

Of course she doesn’t have to check in and we know plans change. The little skip our heart made this am was settled knowing she was somewhere safe.

And before you ask, we have been to her GF’s and knew the location just by the surrounding streets we saw on the app.

For those who ask what we would think of our parents had this capability, this is truly a non-starter. Our privacy erosion began long after our parents had us: there really is no going back.

Our daughter asked to keep it in for safety. We don’t track each other but from time to time we do look on at each other especially when we are traveling and on different hemispheres.

Pathetic. You are the worst type of helicopter parent.

Also parents who have to talk to their kid everyday have issues. The worst are the ones who brag about the fact that they talk to their college aged kids multiple times a day. This is fostering dependence and the point of parenting is to let your kids go.

We can tell many of you are going to cause problems if your kids ever get married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think kids older than 18 should be allowed to block it. And that should be normal. Kids can opt in if they’re out hiking or going out and feel unsafe or something they can toggle on but 99% of the time it’s off I know, people we’ll say, “but my kids are fine w it - they track me!” But this is a power imbalance and you know it. You’re unlikely to have a one night stand etc. you’re staying out past 2am twice a year. And your kids have no power over you.

Cops can track any phone if your kid is lost. Any phone that’s turned on and has bars can be tracked.

I wouldn’t let my boss track me. I wouldn’t have liked my parents tracking me (x1000000). It’s super weird we’ve normalized this.

+ 100

yes. police can do what you can do. with or without life360/find my friends. so stop with the "but what if my kid gets sold into white slavery".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We talk everyday and yesterday I asked DD her plans for the night. “Homework and hanging with friends” was her answer. Great. Have fun!

This morning we noticed we didn’t get the alert she had come back to her house. A quick check of Life360 showed she was at her GF’s house.

Of course she doesn’t have to check in and we know plans change. The little skip our heart made this am was settled knowing she was somewhere safe.

And before you ask, we have been to her GF’s and knew the location just by the surrounding streets we saw on the app.

For those who ask what we would think of our parents had this capability, this is truly a non-starter. Our privacy erosion began long after our parents had us: there really is no going back.

Our daughter asked to keep it in for safety. We don’t track each other but from time to time we do look on at each other especially when we are traveling and on different hemispheres.

we didn't get an alert that she had come back to her house? what fresh hell is this?

Pathetic. You are the worst type of helicopter parent.

[Anonymous]

Is Find My Friends the same as just the regular Find My app on the iPhone? I've found it not be rather unreliable in the past. It doesn't necessarily update and can be very wrong if WIFI is turned off.

[Anonymous]

The only pathetic people on this thread are the ones hurling insults b/c another family is choosing to do something that you have not. And doesn't affect you one iota.

Get a grip folks. Worry about yourself. And maybe work on being not such a bag of dicks.

[Anonymous]

it impacts kids. I judge parents who whip their kids even though it doesn't impact me. I judge parents who live through their kids. I judge parents who put a million pounds of pressure on their kids. I judge parents who talk to their kids about being skinny. I judge parents who track their kids.